Editing Colloquialism (section)

==Colloquial names==

A '''colloquial name''' or '''familiar name''' is a name or term commonly used to identify a person or thing in non-specialist language, in place of another usually more formal or technical name.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |year=2014 |title =familiar, n., adj., and adv. |encyclopedia=OED Online |publisher=Oxford University Press |url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/67957?rskey=s5GGov&result=10&isAdvanced=true |access-date=2014-04-01 |url-access=subscription }}</ref> They are not slang nor vulgar, but are informal. This type is speech is used broadly for a variety of topics.

In biology, colloquial names are called "[[common names]]". Common pests often have common names. For example, [[armadillidiidae]] are often called "rollie pollies", while [[fly larvae]] are frequently called "[[maggots]]".<ref name="o054">{{cite web | last=Sofranec | first=Diane | title=Pest Colloquial Names and Mistaken Identities | website=Pest Management Professional | date=2012-04-12 | url=https://www.mypmp.net/pest-colloquial-names-and-mistaken-identities/ | access-date=2025-05-07}}</ref>

In medicine, types of musculoskeletal injuries and fractures have colloquial names.<ref name="y370">{{cite journal | last=Lee | first=Patrick | last2=Hunter | first2=Tim B. | last3=Taljanovic | first3=Mihra | title=Musculoskeletal Colloquialisms: How Did We Come Up with These Names? | journal=RadioGraphics | volume=24 | issue=4 | date=2004 | issn=0271-5333 | doi=10.1148/rg.244045015 | pages=1009–1027 | url=http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/rg.244045015 | access-date=2025-05-07}}</ref> For example, the [[lateral epicondylitis]] injury is colloquially referred to as "tennis elbow".<ref name="e571">{{cite web | last=Buchanan | first=Benjamin K. | last2=Varacallo | first2=Matthew A. | title=Lateral Epicondylitis (Tennis Elbow) | publisher=StatPearls Publishing | date=2023-08-04 | pmid=28613744 | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK431092/#:~:text=Lateral%20epicondylitis%2C%20also%20commonly%20referred,radialis%20brevis%20(ECRB)%20tendon. | access-date=2025-05-07}}</ref>, while [[De Quervain's tenosynovitis]] is known colloquially as "gamer's thumb".<ref name="d928">{{cite web | last=Corey | first=Dr. | title=Gamer's Thumb: Prevention and Relief for Console Gamers | website=Esports Healthcare | date=2019-11-10 | url=https://esportshealthcare.com/gamers-thumb-de-quervain/ | access-date=2025-05-07}}</ref>

In professional environments, colloquialisms often incorporate [[figures of speech]]. For example, when counter-arguing why an action ought not be performed, one may colloquially ask “why in God’s name not?".<ref name="r496">{{cite web | last=Athu | first=C. | last2=Mihaila | first2=R. | last3=Botezat | first3=O. | title=Colloquial words and expressions in professional environment | publisher=Українська медична стоматологічна академія | date=2021 | url=https://repository.pdmu.edu.ua/items/c37b423d-b176-415c-adfe-582d68566168 | language=uk | access-date=2025-05-07}}</ref>

Articles of clothing, especially accessories often have colloquial names.<ref name="w887">{{cite journal | last=Hryhoshkina | first=I. V. | title=Colloquial Names of Accessories in English. | journal=Збірники наукових праць професорсько-викладацького складу ДонНУ імені Василя Стуса. | date=2019 | pages=9–11 | url=https://jpvs.donnu.edu.ua/article/view/7183 | language=uk | access-date=2025-05-07}}</ref> 

Locations also often have colloquial names. For example, the [[bathroom]] has a variety of [[Bathroom#Variations_and_terminology|its own colloquial names]], such as "the loo".